HB4043 EnrolledLRB097 16996 NHT 62187 b

1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
511E-70 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/11E-70)
7    Sec. 11E-70. Effective date of change.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5) of this Section,
9if If a petition is filed under the authority of this Article,
10the change is granted and approved at election, and no appeal
11is taken, then the change shall become effective after the time
12for appeal has run for the purpose of all elections; however,
13the change shall not affect the administration of the schools
14until July 1 following the date that the school board election
15is held for the new district or districts and the school boards
16of the districts as they existed prior to the change shall
17exercise the same power and authority over the territory until
18that date.
19    (a-5) If a petition is filed under the authority of this
20Article for the consolidation of Christopher Unit School
21District 99 and Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit School
22District 188, the change is granted and approved at election,
23and no appeal is taken, then the change shall become effective

 

 

HB4043 Enrolled- 2 -LRB097 16996 NHT 62187 b

1after one or both of the school districts have been awarded
2school construction grants under the School Construction Law.
3    (b) If any school district is dissolved in accordance with
4this Article, upon the close of the then current school year,
5the terms of office of the school board of the dissolved
6district shall terminate.
7    (c) New districts shall be permitted to organize and elect
8officers within the time prescribed by the general election
9law. Additionally, between the date of the organization and the
10election of officers and the date on which the new district
11takes effect for all purposes, the new district shall also be
12permitted, with the stipulation of the districts from which the
13new district is formed and the approval of the regional
14superintendent of schools, to take all action necessary or
15appropriate to do the following:
16        (1) Establish the tax levy for the new district, in
17    lieu of the levies by the districts from which the new
18    district is formed, within the time generally provided by
19    law and in accordance with this Article. The funds produced
20    by the levy shall be transferred to the new district as
21    generally provided by law at such time as they are received
22    by the county collector.
23        (2) Enter into agreements with depositories and direct
24    the deposit and investment of any funds received from the
25    county collector or any other source, all as generally
26    provided by law.

 

 

HB4043 Enrolled- 3 -LRB097 16996 NHT 62187 b

1        (3) Conduct a search for the superintendent of the new
2    district and enter into a contract with the person selected
3    to serve as the superintendent of the new district in
4    accordance with the provisions of this Code generally
5    applicable to the employment of a superintendent.
6        (4) Conduct a search for other administrators and staff
7    of the new district and enter into a contract with these
8    persons in accordance with the provisions of this Code
9    generally applicable to the employment of administrators
10    and other staff.
11        (5) Engage the services of accountants, architects,
12    attorneys, and other consultants, including but not
13    limited to consultants to assist in the search for the
14    superintendent.
15        (6) Plan for the transition from the administration of
16    the schools by the districts from which the new district is
17    formed.
18        (7) Bargain collectively, pursuant to the Illinois
19    Educational Labor Relations Act, with the certified
20    exclusive bargaining representative or certified exclusive
21    bargaining representatives of the new district's
22    employees.
23        (8) Expend the funds received from the levy and any
24    funds received from the districts from which the new
25    district is formed to meet payroll and other essential
26    operating expenses or otherwise in the exercise of the

 

 

HB4043 Enrolled- 4 -LRB097 16996 NHT 62187 b

1    foregoing powers until the new district takes effect for
2    all purposes.
3        (9) Issue bonds authorized in the proposition to form
4    the new district or bonds pursuant to and in accordance
5    with all of the requirements of Section 17-2.11 of this
6    Code, levy taxes upon all of the taxable property within
7    the new district to pay the principal of and interest on
8    those bonds as provided by statute, expend the proceeds of
9    the bonds and enter into any necessary contracts for the
10    work financed therewith as authorized by statute, and avail
11    itself of the provisions of other applicable law, including
12    the Omnibus Bond Acts, in connection with the issuance of
13    those bonds.
14    (d) After the granting of a petition has become final and
15approved at election, the date when the change becomes
16effective for purposes of administration and attendance may be
17accelerated or postponed by stipulation of the school board of
18each district affected and approval by the regional
19superintendent of schools with which the original petition is
20required to be filed.
21(Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.